450 Defcription of all the Departments in the French Republic. [June ty 
he&ares; its population 257,237 indi- 
viduals.. It is divided into four commu- 
nal ciffricts. 
Department of the Lower Meufe.—T his 
department is one of the nine formed of 
part of Hainault, and of the ci-devant 
Auftrian Fianders, Brabant, the coustry 
of Lieve, the duchy of Luxembourg, &c. 
Tt is bounded on the north by the depart- 
ment of Rver and Dutch Brabant;. on the 
ealt, by the department of Roer; on the. 
fouth, by that of Ourthe; and on the weft, 
by thofe of the Dyle and of the Two 
Nethes. Its fuperficies is about 741,359 
{quare acres, or 378,633 hectares; its 
population is 241,836 individuals. tis 
slivided into three communal diftriéts. 
Depariment of Mont Blanc.—This de- 
partment is formed of Savoy. It is 
bounded on the north by the departments 
of Leman and of Ain; on the eaft, by 
Piedmont ; on the fouth, by Piedmont 
and the departments of Upper Alps and 
of Ifere; and on the weit, by thofe of 
Tfere and of Ain. Its fuperficies is about 
1,254,796 fquare acres, or 640,427 hec- 
tares ; its population about 289,437 in- 
dividuals. It is divided into four com- 
monal diftriéts. 
Department of Morbihan.—This is one 
of the five departments formed of Brittany. 
It is bounded on the north by the depart- 
ment of the Coafts of the North; on the 
eaft, by that of Ifle and Vilaine; on the 
fouth, by the ocean and part of the de- 
partment of Lower Loire; and on the 
weft, by the department of Finifterre. 
Its fuperficies is about 1,335,670 {quare 
acres, or 681,704. he€tares ; its popula- 
tion about 475,194 individuals. It is 
divided into four communal dittritts. 
Department of the Mofeile.—T his depart- 
ment is one of thofe formed of Lorraine, 
the Three Bithcpricks, &c. It is bounded 
onthe north by the departments of the 
Sarre; of the Forefis, and of the Meufe ; 
en the eaft, by thofe of the Sarre, of 
Mont Tounerre, and of the Lower Rhine ; 
of the fouth, by this laf, and thofe of 
Meurthe and of the Meufe; which laft 
bounds it, alfo, on the wef. Its fuper- 
ficies is about 1,236,012 !quare acres, or 
630,840 he€tares; its population about 
379,001 individuals. It is divided into 
four communal difiritts. 
Department of the Tuo Nethes.—This 
department is one of the nine formed of 
part of Hainault, and of the ¢t-devant 
Avuitrian Flanders, Brabant, the country 
of Liege, the duchy of Luxembourg, &c. 
It is bounded on tiie north by the United 
Provinces, which bound it alfo on the 
eat, together with the departments of the 
Lower Meufe, the Dyle and the Scheld ; 
on the weit, by the department of the 
Scheld and the United Provinces. Its 
fuperficies is about 559,013 {quare acres, 
or 285,38x hectares; its population about 
252,281 individuals. 
three communal diftricts., 
Department of the Nievre.—-Thisdepart- 
ment derives its name trom a fmall river 
of Nivernois, which falls into the Loire 
at Nevers. It is the only department which 
is formed of the Nivernois. It is bounded 
on the north by the departments of Yonne 
and of Loiret; on the eaft, by thofe of 
Cote d’Or, and of S2one and Loire; on. 
the fouth, by thufe of Saone and Loire, 
and of Allier; and on the weft, by thag 
of Cher. Its fuperficies is about 1,327,224 
fquare acres, or 677,392 hectares ; its 
population is about 238,812 individuals. 
It is divided into four communal dif= - 
tricts. 
Department of the North—This de- 
partment is one of the three formed of 
the Two Flanders, Hainault, le Cam- 
brefis, &c. 
by the‘Pas de Calais, and the departments 
of Lys and Jemmappes; on the eaft, by 
this iaft; on the fouth, by the depart- 
ments of Aifne, of Somme, ard of Pzs 
de Calais; this laft bounds it alfo on the 
welt. Its fuperficies is about 1,133,333 
{quare acres, or-578,435 hectares ; its 
population is about 808,147 individuals. 
It is divided into fix communal diftriéts. 
Department of Oife.—This department 
is one of the fix formed of the Ifle of 
France, le Soiffonois, le Beauvoifis, Pi- 
cardy, &c. It is bounded on the north 
by the department of Somme ; on the eatt, 
by that of Aifne; on the fouth, by thofe 
of Seine and Marne, and Seine and Oife ; 
and laftly, on the weft, by thofe of Eure, 
and of Lower Seine. Its fuperficies is about 
1,139,190 {quare acres, or 581,424 hec- 
tares 
individuals. [tis divided into four com- 
munal diftrits. 
Department of Orne.—This is one of 
the five departments formed of Normandy 
aad the northern part of Perche. It is 
bounded on the north by the department 
of Calvados, and part of that of Eure; on 
the eaft, by thofe of Eure, and of Eure 
and Loire; on the fouth, by thofe of 
Mayenne, and of Sarthe, and on the weft, - 
by that of the Channel. Its fuperficies is 
about 1,265,079 fquare acres, or 645,576 
heétares ; its population is about 407,475 
- indiyi- 
Tt is divided into 
It is bounded en the north 
its population is about 355,634 
